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discus
(dɪskəs)
Word forms: plural discuses
1. countable noun
A discus is a heavy circular object which athletes try to throw as far as they can as a sport.
2. singular noun
The discus is the sport of throwing a discus.
He won the discus at the Commonwealth Games.
discus in British English
(ˈdɪskəs)
nounWord forms: plural discuses or disci (ˈdɪskaɪ)
1.
(originally) a circular stone or plate used in throwing competitions by the ancient Greeks
2. athletics
a.
a similar disc-shaped object with a heavy middle thrown by athletes
b.
(as modifier)
a discus thrower
3. the discus
4.
a South American cichlid fish, Symphysodon discus, that has a compressed coloured body and is a popular aquarium fish
Word origin
C17: from Latin, from Greek diskos from dikein to throwdiscus in American English
(ˈdɪskəs)
nounWord forms: plural ˈdiscuses or ˈdisˌci (ˈdɪsˌaɪ)
1.
a heavy disk, usually made of metal and wood, that is thrown for distance as a test of strength and skill
2.
the throwing of the discus as a field event in track and field meets
: in full discus throw Word origin
L < Gr diskos < base of dikein, to throw, akin to deiknynai, to show, point out: see dictionImage ofdiscus
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Examples of 'discus' in a sentencediscus
Word lists withdiscus
athleticsDefinition of 'discus'
- requestor
- request programme
- request stop
- requicken
- requiem
- requiem mass
- requiem shark
- requiescat
- requiescat (in pace)
- requin
- requirable
- require
- require action
- require an operation
- require assistance
- require commitment
- required
- required by law
- required course
- require discipline
- required reading
- require effort
- require energy
- require improvement
- require knowledge